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john brennan allowed drone attacks. >> at the start of the hearing, code pink protesters interrupted brennan's opening statement. then feinstein ordered the room cleared. >>> decoded from a cia spy drone. the video shows a city said to be afghanistan. this appears to be an attempt to embarrass the u.s. american officials have confirmed iran had captured a drone and asked for it back. iran refused. >>> president putin toured the sight of next year's winter olympic games and he is not pleased. putin said he wanted a senior executive of the winter olympics fired. >>> and in china, 1,500 firefighters are finally getting the upper hand against a wildfire that's been burning for a day and a half. the flames threatened gas and electrical fire stations. officials say a sanitation worker started the fire by burning waste and has now been arrested. >>> a kindergartner and his grandmother's idea has come to fruition. he asked his grandmother is there another famous african american besides martin luther king. >> it really took me by surprise for him to say that because he was only in kindergart
john brennan allowed drone attacks. >> at the start of the hearing, code pink protesters interrupted brennan's opening statement. then feinstein ordered the room cleared. >>> decoded from a cia spy drone. the video shows a city said to be afghanistan. this appears to be an attempt to embarrass the u.s. american officials have confirmed iran had captured a drone and asked for it back. iran refused. >>> president putin toured the sight of next year's winter olympic games...
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they allow john brennan to say repeatedly, "i am not a lawyer" loss st. "everything is perfectly legal." what kind of a show is this? what does this say about our society when this is the extent of the debate we can have when in ministration in power has asserted the right to kill u.s. citizens and foreigners alike around the world without trial? it is devastating. it should be a sobering moment for all of us. >> we read about the u.s. news outlets. you complained about the democratic senators working with the white house. what about u.s. news outlets facing criticism for revealing they complied with an obama administration request to hide the location of the u.s. drone base in saudi arabia that had already been publicly reported? >> what's new? this is been going on forever. but, the times with major media outlets colluding with the bush a ministration to either facilitate the the ministers from propaganda, or issue, the conveyor belt of lies, or on the other hand concealing potentially illegal programs or actions that are being conducted by the bush the
they allow john brennan to say repeatedly, "i am not a lawyer" loss st. "everything is perfectly legal." what kind of a show is this? what does this say about our society when this is the extent of the debate we can have when in ministration in power has asserted the right to kill u.s. citizens and foreigners alike around the world without trial? it is devastating. it should be a sobering moment for all of us. >> we read about the u.s. news outlets. you complained...
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brennan you mentioned john brennan and i want to ask you about him the future head of the c.i. what kind of a cia chief is he going to be in your opinion i think he's going to be somebody who will be extremely aggressive and who will probably be comfortable. walking on the edge of the law you worked with him i did i worked with john brennan for many years and i know him pretty well. mr kaplan you yourself supported torture before you were against it what happened what changed your position well let me correct you on that and this is something that that i think most americans missed in my original n.b.c. interview i was trying to draw a distinction between whether torture was right and wrong or whether it worked i believed it was wrong and i called it torture and i said that torture was official policy that's on the one side on the other side the cia had told us internally at the time that it was working what year was that that was in two thousand to two thousand and three they were telling us that it was working we now know from the inspector general's report that was released
brennan you mentioned john brennan and i want to ask you about him the future head of the c.i. what kind of a cia chief is he going to be in your opinion i think he's going to be somebody who will be extremely aggressive and who will probably be comfortable. walking on the edge of the law you worked with him i did i worked with john brennan for many years and i know him pretty well. mr kaplan you yourself supported torture before you were against it what happened what changed your position well...
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that's one side of john brennan. the other side is he has this extraordinary relationship with the president and wants to protect the president and the only way he can protect the president is by making sure that this whole question of the protocol of drones is done correctly. drones are a part of our future. drones are a good part of warfare. they can be very helpful. there has to be a protocol which is absolute. even as you and i are talking, the white house, yes, they have agreed to release the olc, the office of legal counsel papers to the intelligence community, but they haven't agreed to release it to allow staff, compartmented staff, of each memb member. >> have you been able to read it yourself, sir? >> no, i have not. i've read the white paper, but not the olc. >> will you have access to it today? >> i would assume i would, yes. >> now, i want to ask you about your decision because since we last chatted, you have decided to step down from the senate to leave at the end of this term. what went into that decis
that's one side of john brennan. the other side is he has this extraordinary relationship with the president and wants to protect the president and the only way he can protect the president is by making sure that this whole question of the protocol of drones is done correctly. drones are a part of our future. drones are a good part of warfare. they can be very helpful. there has to be a protocol which is absolute. even as you and i are talking, the white house, yes, they have agreed to release...
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brennan the man, john brennan the potential cia director? >> well you could argue that they are one in the same since he was the architect of it. but he will also be asked about enhanced interrogation, because he was a part of that. he is a veteran of the cia. a lot of people argue from inside the intelligence community that he is the perfect head of the cia because he is well respected and has, you know, a life-long career there. he is very close to the president. and you can really see the body language when the president was nominating him, just how close they are. this is a friendship. this is not just a working relationship. so it will certainly enhance the cia's clout inside the white house to have him as the head of it. there is a very highly regarded acting director, mike morel, who could have been nominate in order post as well, and is staying at the agency. so the agency is in very familiar hands right now while we go through this process. but this hearing, remember, is in front of the intelligence committee. ron wyden is something
brennan the man, john brennan the potential cia director? >> well you could argue that they are one in the same since he was the architect of it. but he will also be asked about enhanced interrogation, because he was a part of that. he is a veteran of the cia. a lot of people argue from inside the intelligence community that he is the perfect head of the cia because he is well respected and has, you know, a life-long career there. he is very close to the president. and you can really see...
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and you asked john brennan that today. he responded that any american who is a member of al qaeda should know that we are with al qaeda and anybody who's in al qaeda can surrender at any time and thereby eliminate their risk of being killed by the united states. were you satisfied with that answer? >> i wasn't. and here's what's at stake. there are certainly instances where an american takes up arms against the united states, where i think it's important in order to protect the country to use lethal force. but i can tell you the government makes mistakes and sometimes the intelligence is flawed and sometimes they get the wrong person. and the reason i asked that question is i think those kinds of issues ought to be part of this debate and ought to be part of a system of checks and balances. >> oregon democratic senator ron wyden, i know it's been a very, very long and tax day four. thank you for your time tonight, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> thanks. >>> it took longer than scheduled for this riveting hearing on cap
and you asked john brennan that today. he responded that any american who is a member of al qaeda should know that we are with al qaeda and anybody who's in al qaeda can surrender at any time and thereby eliminate their risk of being killed by the united states. were you satisfied with that answer? >> i wasn't. and here's what's at stake. there are certainly instances where an american takes up arms against the united states, where i think it's important in order to protect the country to...
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no i don't with john brennan. secrecy is the key word. unless of course you know if he chooses to leak for the benefit of the administration what did you expect when you decided to go public to come clean on on on torture at the cia i mean your wife worked at the cia and she was fired because of him and your father five and you were going to prison what future did you envision for yourself five years ago. i didn't envision prison in my future five years ago i expected there to be a national debate on whether or not we wanted to use torture as an official u.s. policy now i'm very happy proud actually that i played a role in that debate and now the limbo law of the land is that torture is illegal i'm very proud of that i frankly didn't expect that the government would would go after me so relentlessly i stood in the snow for two hours to vote for president obama i really believed that this was a positive change i believed that he deserved that nobel peace prize or only because i expected things to change so dramatically at the beginning of
no i don't with john brennan. secrecy is the key word. unless of course you know if he chooses to leak for the benefit of the administration what did you expect when you decided to go public to come clean on on on torture at the cia i mean your wife worked at the cia and she was fired because of him and your father five and you were going to prison what future did you envision for yourself five years ago. i didn't envision prison in my future five years ago i expected there to be a national...
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no i don't with john brennan. secrecy is the key word. unless of course you know if he chooses to leak for the benefit of the administration what did you expect when you decided to go public to come clean on on on torture at the cia i mean your wife worked at the cia and she was fired because of him and your father of five and you're going to prison what future did you envision for yourself five years ago. i didn't envision prison in my future five years ago i expected there to be a national debate on whether or not we wanted to use torture as an official u.s. policy now i'm very happy proud actually that i played a role in that debate and now the law of the land is that torture is illegal i'm very proud of that i frankly didn't expect that the government would would go after me so relentlessly i stood in the snow for two hours to vote for president obama i really believed that this was a positive change i believed that he deserved that nobel peace prize or only because i expected things to change so dramatically at the beginning of his f
no i don't with john brennan. secrecy is the key word. unless of course you know if he chooses to leak for the benefit of the administration what did you expect when you decided to go public to come clean on on on torture at the cia i mean your wife worked at the cia and she was fired because of him and your father of five and you're going to prison what future did you envision for yourself five years ago. i didn't envision prison in my future five years ago i expected there to be a national...
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>> john: what did you think of john brennan's grilling today? >> i only saw the end of it. in the evening, i saw michael isikoff saying "well, that was a -- what he said was he never once uttered the word "drones" and the pitiful questioners never got it out of him and these hearings are sometimes truth and sometimes not. this one was not. >> john: that brings me to tonight's f bomb commentary mr. cavett. >> go. >> john: tonight, thank you today we got to watch the john brennan confirmation hearings for c.i.a. director. i gotta say he came off as the most thoughtful, reflecting man who could also kill you with his bare hands. john brennan was like all of the members of the fantastic four rolled into one. he looks like the thing. he talks like reed richards. he can set things on fire halfway across the world and he knows how to make c.i.a. docs invisible. i know the media has been trumpeting bombings enjoy widespread support. so does honey boo-boo and that doesn't make it right. it is the future of warfare whether we like it or not. personally i think anybody who wants to se
>> john: what did you think of john brennan's grilling today? >> i only saw the end of it. in the evening, i saw michael isikoff saying "well, that was a -- what he said was he never once uttered the word "drones" and the pitiful questioners never got it out of him and these hearings are sometimes truth and sometimes not. this one was not. >> john: that brings me to tonight's f bomb commentary mr. cavett. >> go. >> john: tonight, thank you today we...
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set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing for the bombers hand-picked. tougher questions over drones torture and targeted executions. turmoil in tunisia thousands gather at a funeral for a murdered opposition leader whose assassination on antigovernment sentiment. tens of thousands march on spain streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. draft a bill in the u.k. aims to open up private online communications all forces there are concerns it's taking national security a step too far. from moscow twenty four seven this is our team. well it wasn't quite the grilling that many had predicted as president obama's choice to head the cia face the senate in his confirmation hearing the session began with. for the protesters were removed lawmakers then proceeded to john brennan on themes ranging from torture to drones but appeared to be somewhat timid in their attack is going to change a card reports now on the questions that were not asked. w
set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing for the bombers hand-picked. tougher questions over drones torture and targeted executions. turmoil in tunisia thousands gather at a funeral for a murdered opposition leader whose assassination on antigovernment sentiment. tens of thousands march on spain streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. draft a bill...
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catcalls and jay set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing for the bombers hand-picked man seemingly sped tougher questions over drones torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands march from spain streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. is stretched to breaking point as the country gears up for more protests and strikes on the day of the funeral of the opposition leader whose murder has unleashed a new anti government sentiment. and a draft a bill in the u.k. aims to open up private online communications to the forty's there are concerns it's taking national security a step too far. around the world around the clock twenty four hours a day of course this is our to carry. now it wasn't quite the grilling that many had predicted as president obama's choice to head the cia face the senate in his confirmation hearing this session began with taunts and jeanne is for the protestors were removed well lawmakers then prodded john brennan on themes
catcalls and jay set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing for the bombers hand-picked man seemingly sped tougher questions over drones torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands march from spain streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. is stretched to breaking point as the country gears up for more protests and strikes on the day of the...
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we may see on thursday how many of those questions john brennan will answer. but tonight, four days ahead of that hearing, nbc news, michael isikoff has obtained a document that is closer than we have ever gotten that supposedly justifies this, the memo that may show the justification for the american government killing american citizens. tonight we have exclusive reporting. joining us is national investigative correspondent michael isikoff. michael, thank you for being here. >> good to be with you, rachel. >> everybody has been looking for this memo. you have not the memo, but a white paper based on the memo. does it tell us anything that we did not know before about how the government justifies targeted killings of americans? >> yes. in short, it does. it provides detail. it fleshes out some of the arguments that have been made publicly, and in ways that in some instances contrast with what has been said publicly. now, to be fair, attorney general holder gave a speech last march where he laid out the administration case for targeted killing of americans. he
we may see on thursday how many of those questions john brennan will answer. but tonight, four days ahead of that hearing, nbc news, michael isikoff has obtained a document that is closer than we have ever gotten that supposedly justifies this, the memo that may show the justification for the american government killing american citizens. tonight we have exclusive reporting. joining us is national investigative correspondent michael isikoff. michael, thank you for being here. >> good to...
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citizens and will be among the senators to question john brennan today. after suggesting he would consider filibuster in the nomination, he received a personal phone call from president obama wednesday night to inform him of the memo's release. tune in to "democracy now!" on friday for our coverage of the bernton hearings. the ability of u.s. government to jail people without charge or trial is back in court. a group including noam chomsky and chris hedges are suing the obama administration of the controversial provision in the meant national defense authorization detention of journalists who interact with certain groups. the justice department asked an appeals court to reveal a decision blocking the indefinite detention saying the ruling would hamper its ability to fight terrorism. the obama administration has already won an emergency freeze of the ruling of the case is appealed. plaintiffs, the pentagon whistle-blower, spoke outside the courthouse wednesday. >> we're trying to get people across the country to stand with us because this is a thin line be
citizens and will be among the senators to question john brennan today. after suggesting he would consider filibuster in the nomination, he received a personal phone call from president obama wednesday night to inform him of the memo's release. tune in to "democracy now!" on friday for our coverage of the bernton hearings. the ability of u.s. government to jail people without charge or trial is back in court. a group including noam chomsky and chris hedges are suing the obama...
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well the nomination of john brennan to be director of the central intelligence agency has brought these issues to a head and furthermore this week you know there was a leaked memo from the justice department that detailed you the executive branch's legal rationale for killing americans in targeted assassinations without due process or any checks or balances or transparency on that power to do so you know brennan when it comes down to it when you boil it down he's he's really represents two of the most controversial. war on terror national security policies that the government has had the first is the torture program during the bush administration. which he voiced support for and called the rendition program a vital tool and the second is of course his spear heading up the obama administration this extraordinary turn of the secret drone program literally steering the targeting process in the legal in the just to go architecture of the drone wars which have killed on the order of three thousand people mainly in pakistan and yemen and as we know there's a few limits on what john brennan is
well the nomination of john brennan to be director of the central intelligence agency has brought these issues to a head and furthermore this week you know there was a leaked memo from the justice department that detailed you the executive branch's legal rationale for killing americans in targeted assassinations without due process or any checks or balances or transparency on that power to do so you know brennan when it comes down to it when you boil it down he's he's really represents two of...
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is a set of the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing but obama's hand-picked man seemingly spit couple questions over drones and targeted execution some. tens of thousands marched on spain streets amid calls for the government to go off on a fresh a round of budget cuts and sees a spike in university fees and the end of the prescription drug bill pension and. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and even strikes on the day of the funeral of the opposition leader whose murder unleashed the new anti-government sentiment. and a drop in bail in the u.k. aims to open up a bit online communications to the authorities for their concerns it's taking national security and stepped off. its ten am here in moscow you love with us on our day with me to bomb would say it's good to have you company. president obama picked to the heads of the cia has received a grilling as he faced of the senate in his confirmation hearing the session began with taunts and years before the audience was cleared out lawmakers and poked and prodded john br
is a set of the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing but obama's hand-picked man seemingly spit couple questions over drones and targeted execution some. tens of thousands marched on spain streets amid calls for the government to go off on a fresh a round of budget cuts and sees a spike in university fees and the end of the prescription drug bill pension and. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and even strikes on the day of the...
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a search of the training for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing with obama's hand-picked ransoming these the tough questions over drones torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands marching spain's astri's and it calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts is a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limit as the country gears up for more protests than even strikes on the day of the funeral of the opposition leader whose murder on leash the new anti government sentiment. and a draft bill in the u.k. aims to open up private online communications to the authorities but there are concerns that it's taking national security a step too far. he wasn't already live from moscow it's good to have you with us president obama's pick to head the cia has received a grilling as he faces senate in his confirmation hearing session began with taunts and j.s. before the audience was cleared out lawmakers and poked and prodded john brennan though on things from torture to drawings but appe
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well the nomination of john brennan to the director of the central intelligence agency has brought these issues to a head and furthermore this week you know there was a leaked memo from the justice department that detailed the executive branch's legal rationale for killing americans in targeted assassinations without due process or any checks or balances or transparency on that power to do so you know brennan when it comes down to it when you boil it down he's he's really represents two of the most controversial post nine eleven. war on terror a national security policy that the government has had the first is the torture program during the bush administration. which he voiced support for and called the rendition program a vital tool and the second is of course his spear heading up the obama administration this extraordinary scene of the secret drone program literally steering the targeting process in the legal in the just to go architecture of the drone wars which have killed on the order of three thousand people mainly in pakistan and yemen and as we know there's few limits on what joh
well the nomination of john brennan to the director of the central intelligence agency has brought these issues to a head and furthermore this week you know there was a leaked memo from the justice department that detailed the executive branch's legal rationale for killing americans in targeted assassinations without due process or any checks or balances or transparency on that power to do so you know brennan when it comes down to it when you boil it down he's he's really represents two of the...
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. >> will this imperil john brennan's nomination? >> the president believes john brennan is uniquely qualified. >> i don't know bay fler tosses the ball right back to the president. >> at some point, washington has to deal with its spending problem. i've watched them kick this condition down the road for 22 years that i've been here. i've had enough of it. it's time to act. >> hollywood joins the gun control debate. >> doctors can ask if their patients practice unsafe sex or use illicit drugs or have suicidal ideations or feel threat tleled in the home, about you it's illegal for them to discuss guns. >> i believe as assault weapons were invent vented for war. shouldn't be on our streets here. >>> coming up, elijah cummings. and whatever happened to clint eastwood's chair? the hunt to track down the famous furniture. >> and you would i know is that about two minutes into clint eastwood's speech when i realizedwould i know is that about two minutes into clint eastwood's speech when i realized that he was talking to the chair and telep
. >> will this imperil john brennan's nomination? >> the president believes john brennan is uniquely qualified. >> i don't know bay fler tosses the ball right back to the president. >> at some point, washington has to deal with its spending problem. i've watched them kick this condition down the road for 22 years that i've been here. i've had enough of it. it's time to act. >> hollywood joins the gun control debate. >> doctors can ask if their patients...
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kept goals and jails are set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing with obama's and picked men seemingly spit top of questions over drones of torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands marched on spain streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts and sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and even strikes on the day of the funeral of the opposition leader whose murder unleashed the new anti government sentiment. and a draft bill in the u.k. open up private online communication to the authorities with their concerns it's taken national security a step too far from. its midday here in moscow you live with us on our gee it's good to have you a company with us it wasn't quite to the grilling that many had predicted as president obama's pick to head the cia face the senate in his confirmation hearing the session began with taunts and jeered before the audience was cleared out lawmakers then poked and
kept goals and jails are set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing with obama's and picked men seemingly spit top of questions over drones of torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands marched on spain streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts and sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and even...
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brennan's nomination. john brennan by all accounts will be a strong leader. guided firmly by the law and his strong ethical code. he's assured the committee in his response to prehearing questions he will be independent from political influence. he will seek only to provide the president, the congress and other leaders with his best analysis and advice. his responses to the committee's questions are available on the committee's website at intelligence.senate.gov. of course, the committee must conduct its due diligence on such an important nominee. so members are going to have questions in a range of topics, including his plans for directing the agency, major national security challenges we face, positions and actions he's taken in his current and past jobs. also of interest will be mr. brennan's views on the use of targeted lethal force in counterterrorism operations. mr. brennan has been one of the few administration officials able to speak publicly about such issues. members will certainly want to understand his views on this, include the importance of cong
brennan's nomination. john brennan by all accounts will be a strong leader. guided firmly by the law and his strong ethical code. he's assured the committee in his response to prehearing questions he will be independent from political influence. he will seek only to provide the president, the congress and other leaders with his best analysis and advice. his responses to the committee's questions are available on the committee's website at intelligence.senate.gov. of course, the committee must...
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confirming the bomb destruction but confirming john brennan and you director is. basically take clean us all back to the same destructive policies that actually led to the american and to the near american defeat in the months down the same papa sees the end take an isolation of t.l.i. as we all know that you have to stay just work very closely with several countries in this region in order to secure afghanistan this included of course five stun it included several countries in central asia that include russia and others but it with each of these countries the united states and the policies the kind of policies that the cia in particular purse you would really in antagonized all of these key u.s. allies and made the u.s. mission in afghanistan very very difficult so why confirming and by picking john brennan the united states administration is basically that is telling everybody you know what i will continue to do would pursue policies unilaterally and these policies would be quite similar to the ones that actually antagonize many of the americas so as this region
confirming the bomb destruction but confirming john brennan and you director is. basically take clean us all back to the same destructive policies that actually led to the american and to the near american defeat in the months down the same papa sees the end take an isolation of t.l.i. as we all know that you have to stay just work very closely with several countries in this region in order to secure afghanistan this included of course five stun it included several countries in central asia...
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what's really remarkable is john brennan appears to have the support to be confirmed. but a lot of pent-up animosity from all the last decade or so in the post- 9/11 era all came out at yesterday's senate confirmation hearing. everyone has their own pet issues. and we saw kind of a big blow-up on the drone issue after nbc reported on some of the memos about legally targeting, you know, american citizens. so everyone kind of hit john brennan as a pinata over their own issue, even though it was clear by the end of the day yesterday that he will eventually be confirmed. >> so we've heard so far that the senators questioned brennan extensively about the use of drones. what other topics can we expect him to be grilled on about these hearings? >> torture remains a sensitive issue. part of the walk down memory lane was asking brennan what he knew and when and why he didn't do more to stop harsh interrogation tactics like waterboarding that were employed during the bush administration. there was also a lot of criticism over leaks that have happened. even though the presidentia
what's really remarkable is john brennan appears to have the support to be confirmed. but a lot of pent-up animosity from all the last decade or so in the post- 9/11 era all came out at yesterday's senate confirmation hearing. everyone has their own pet issues. and we saw kind of a big blow-up on the drone issue after nbc reported on some of the memos about legally targeting, you know, american citizens. so everyone kind of hit john brennan as a pinata over their own issue, even though it was...
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soon to be cia chief john brennan went through a confirmation hearing amid cat calls and protest but it's still hard to tell where the architect of the targeted assassination program will take america's five year. and russia counts down to the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics the games are promised to be the most expensive in history with huge overspending already costing a key organizer his job. and taking a look back at the news that shaped the headlines over the last seven days this is the weekly i'm sometimes going to have you with us egypt opposition has called for more rallies and threaten to storm the presidential palace the protesters accuse mohamed morsi of not upholding the goals of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak two years ago the turmoil has also been fueled by the authorities decision to block the video sharing web site you tube in the country for a month over its anti islamic content but as artie's belcher reports the decision is not only likely to inflame more tensions. there's been a lot of condemnation of the band by protest movements to see you che
soon to be cia chief john brennan went through a confirmation hearing amid cat calls and protest but it's still hard to tell where the architect of the targeted assassination program will take america's five year. and russia counts down to the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics the games are promised to be the most expensive in history with huge overspending already costing a key organizer his job. and taking a look back at the news that shaped the headlines over the last seven days this...
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calls engineers a set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing with obama's hand-picked man similarly spared tougher questions over drones torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands of munch on strangers' streets are made calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limit as the country gears up for more protests and even strikes on the jail the funeral of the opposition leader whose murder on the ship the new anti government sentiment. and a draft bill in the u.k. to open up private online communications to the authorities but are there are concerns it's taking national security a step too far. you're watching r t live from moscow with me to bomb let's say. the grilling all but says will do for president obama's favorite jihad the cia as he faced the senate in his confirmation hearing the session began with taunts and just before the audience was cleared out lawmakers and poked and prodded john brennan on things from tortu
calls engineers a set the tone for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing with obama's hand-picked man similarly spared tougher questions over drones torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands of munch on strangers' streets are made calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limit as the country gears up for more protests and even...
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there was a vocal opposition to the program and to john brennan becoming the next director. he was questioned over his past involvement in enhance interrogation techniques. >> i've expressed my personal objections to my colleagues about certain of those situations such as water boarding, nudity, and others. i've expressed my personal objections but i did not try to stop it because it was something that was being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others. >> when asked about john strikes, he criticized the protesters. >> i think there is an impression on the part of some american people who believe that we take strikes to punish terrorists for past transgressions. nothing could be further from the true spirit to we only take this as a last resort to save lives. -- nothing could be further from the truth. we only do this as a last resort to save lives. >> it recently, a secret base in saudi arabia was revealed, first yeaused to kill this man. he was also a u.s. citizen and the obama administration agreed to show congress the legal opinion justifies s
there was a vocal opposition to the program and to john brennan becoming the next director. he was questioned over his past involvement in enhance interrogation techniques. >> i've expressed my personal objections to my colleagues about certain of those situations such as water boarding, nudity, and others. i've expressed my personal objections but i did not try to stop it because it was something that was being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others....
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catcalls and just search of the cheering for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing with obama's hand-picked ransoming these tough questions over drones torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands marching strains astri's amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts is a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limit as the country gears up for more protests than even strikes on the day of a funeral of the opposition leader whose murder unleashed the new anti government sentiment. and a draft bill in the u.k. aims to open up private online communications to the authorities but there are concerns that it's taking national security a step too far. it wasn't already a line from moscow it's good to have you with us. president obama's pick to head the cia has received a grilling as he faces senate in his confirmation hearing session began with taunts and j.s.p. for the audience was cleared out lawmakers and poked and prodded john brennan though on things from torture to drawings b
catcalls and just search of the cheering for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing with obama's hand-picked ransoming these tough questions over drones torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands marching strains astri's amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts is a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limit as the country gears up for more protests than even strikes on...
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catcalls and gears are set to turn for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing but the obama's handpicked men seemingly spit tougher questions over drones and targeted executions. tens of thousands marched on spain's streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts and sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pension and. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and even strikes on the day of the funeral of the opposition leader whose murder unleashed the new anti-government sentiment. and a drive to bail in the u.k. aims to open up a bit online communications to the authorities for their concerns it's taking national security and stepped off. its ten am here in moscow you love with us on our team with me to them would say it's good to have you company president obama picked the heads of the cia has received a grilling as he faced of the senate in his confirmation hearing the session began with tongues and years before the audience was kid out lawmakers and poked and prodded
catcalls and gears are set to turn for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing but the obama's handpicked men seemingly spit tougher questions over drones and targeted executions. tens of thousands marched on spain's streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts and sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pension and. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and even strikes on...
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brennan, so you can be advised. >> you've been listening to john brennan, c.i.a. correct -- director nominee under president bush. we heard dramatic, heated, tense testimony. the most dramatic was when senator marco rubio asked why we would let tunisians release the only -- there's a full wrapup on special report at 6:00 p.m. i've going to the five but this is dramatic testimony we'll wrap up. in the meantime, don't change the challenge. i'll remike and go do the five. see you tomorrow. hi. hi. i'm here to pick up some cacti. it should be under stephens. the verizon share everything plan for small business. get a shareable pool of data... got enough joshua trees? ... on up to 25 devices. so you can spend less time... yea, the golden barrels... managing wireless costs and technology and more time driving your business potential. looks like we're going to need to order more agaves... ah! oh! ow! ... and more bandages. that's powerful. sharble data plus unlimited talk and text. now save $50 on a droid razr maxx hd by motorola. i work for 47 different companies. well,
brennan, so you can be advised. >> you've been listening to john brennan, c.i.a. correct -- director nominee under president bush. we heard dramatic, heated, tense testimony. the most dramatic was when senator marco rubio asked why we would let tunisians release the only -- there's a full wrapup on special report at 6:00 p.m. i've going to the five but this is dramatic testimony we'll wrap up. in the meantime, don't change the challenge. i'll remike and go do the five. see you tomorrow....
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senate hearing for obama's nominee as it director of the cia has just finished john brennan is set to return for a classified session on saturday for more let's cross to phase all that perfessor at the university of illinois champagne herb anna. first let's hear what john brennan had to say about the use of drones let's take a listen to what his what he had to say. i think there is a misimpression on the part of the some american people who believe that to a we take strikes to punish terrorists for past transgressions nothing could be further from the truth we only take such actions as a last resort to save lives when there is no other alternative to taking an action that's going to mitigate that threat seemingly clear but how would you respond to that statement. respond that it's correct i mean it seems as though clearly in the end. there's been no evidence suggested of an imminent threat. of a ongoing planned attack and that in that case the us it isn't me he was struck with a drone missile who are having some past involvement with the strikes of brain is just simply wrong he's at o
senate hearing for obama's nominee as it director of the cia has just finished john brennan is set to return for a classified session on saturday for more let's cross to phase all that perfessor at the university of illinois champagne herb anna. first let's hear what john brennan had to say about the use of drones let's take a listen to what his what he had to say. i think there is a misimpression on the part of the some american people who believe that to a we take strikes to punish terrorists...
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soon to be cia chief john brennan went through a confirmation hearing this week amid catcalls and protests but it's still hard to tell where the architect of the targeted assassination program will take america's spy bureau. plus concerns arise if the u.s. missile defense shield is fit to fulfill its announced goal repelling any possible strike from iran as classified studies unveiled serious flaws into the constantly system. russia countdown to the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics with moscow promising a grand spectacle the highly anticipated games are shaping up to be the most expensive in history with huge overspending already costing a key organizer his job. and live from our studios in moscow this is our team thomas certainly glad to have you with us. egypt's opposition has called for more rallies and threatened to storm the presidential palace the protesters accuse mohamed morsi of not upholding the goals of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak two years ago the turmoil has also been fueled by the authorities decision to block the video sharing web site you tube in the c
soon to be cia chief john brennan went through a confirmation hearing this week amid catcalls and protests but it's still hard to tell where the architect of the targeted assassination program will take america's spy bureau. plus concerns arise if the u.s. missile defense shield is fit to fulfill its announced goal repelling any possible strike from iran as classified studies unveiled serious flaws into the constantly system. russia countdown to the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics...